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then the man shall bring his wife to the priest, and shall bring her offering for her: one tenth of an ephah of barley meal. He shall pour no oil on it, nor put frankincense on it, for it is a meal offering of jealousy, a meal offering of memorial, bringing iniquity to memory.
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ExplanationCommentary
Verse 15. Measure, (sati). Hebrew and Septuagint “epha,” of which the measure was only one-third. Calmet.—Oil, and so forth These were rejected in sacrifices for sin. Leviticus 5:11. Jealous husbands have no sentiments of commiseration, or of sweetness; ( Bible.) nor can any experience the emotions of joy, while they are in such a situation. Tirinus.
1 ephah is about 22 liters or about 2/3 of a bushel
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